From: http://chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/article/0,2669,SAV-0006170123,FF.html ARKANSAS LAWYERS MUM ON CLINTON'S PENDING CASE By Steve Barnes New York Times News Service June 17, 2000 HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- Exchanging pinstripes and flannel for golf shirts and madras trousers, the Arkansas Bar Association munched, sipped and seminared through its annual summer meeting here with no official mention that its most famous member is in danger of not being a member much longer. Even amid the coffee break congeniality and the cocktail hour camaraderie, many of the thousand Arkansas lawyers gathered here, the city where Bill Clinton spent his boyhood, were reluctant to discuss the president's pending disbarment case, or the impact it could have on a profession seemingly in perpetual need of a public-relations makeover. "It's a hush-hush sort of subject," said H.A. Taylor, a trial judge from Pine Bluff. "Lawyers want to talk about it, but they want to talk about it privately." When they do, their opinion on the appropriateness of disbarring Clinton tends to break along party or ideological lines, if only barely. Interviews with more than two dozen lawyers show party affiliation and past voting do not necessarily translate into support for a less-severe sanction than disbarment. "I think it's appropriate," said Laura E. Partlow, 44, of Little Rock, an attorney for the Arkansas Human Services Department, who said she campaigned for Clinton and voted for him for president. "He can make a contribution to society without a law license," she said. "I hear he's a great teacher." John P. Lewis of Hot Springs said he did not believe Clinton's conduct "rises to the level of disbarment--I don't know if it would even require a suspension of his license." "No one condones lying under oath, but I'm ambivalent" about disbarment, said Ron C. Wilson, 41, of Marion, one of the few African-American lawyers at the convention. He said he considered the case against Clinton to be "somewhat political." David Harp, 51, a lawyer from Ft. Smith, said that while stripping Clinton of his law license "seems extreme to me, the consensus I hear is that another lawyer would have been disbarred a long time ago" for the same offense. It has been more than a year since U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright cited Clinton for contempt for giving what she described as "intentionally false, misleading and evasive" testimony in a deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case. Wright fined Clinton $90,000 and referred the matter of his testimony to the Arkansas Supreme Court's Committee on Professional Conduct, which on May 19 recommended that the president be disbarred. Clinton has said he will vigorously contest the action. People with knowledge of the disbarment referral say the professional conduct committee has retained a special counsel to press its case against Clinton and that it should be formally filed by month's end. They also say maneuvering could delay the case until after Clinton's term ends. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
